Mo Farah and Mariya Savinova Are European Athletes of the Year

Oct 6, 2011

Great Britain's Farah, of course, was the 5000-meter gold medalist and 10,000-meter silver medalist at the World Championships in Daegu. In the winter, he'd set a European indoor 5000-meter record of 13:10.60 and won the 3000 at the

European Indoor Championships. In the summer, he established a new European 10,000-meter record of 26:46.57 and had 2011's quickest 5000, a 12:53.11. Russia's Savinova was the World Champion in the women's 800 in a very brisk 1:55.87, the fastest time by a European in the event in almost nine years. She won nine of her ten 800s during the year. Farah and Savinova will receive their honors at the European Athletics Awards Night on October 15 in Arona, Spain. (photo of Mariya Savinova by Jiro Mochizuki/Photo Run)More

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